From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 19:02:06 PDT
Goes the same way if you got bullets in your body. Fred Martin
Edward Greeley wrote:
> Umm... Wait until you try to get through airport security while you are
> equipped with a metal replacement hip joint. You turn your pockets
> inside out, take off your belt with the non-removable buckle, remove
> your shoes so they can be inspected, and STILL the damned bells and
> whistles sound off when you try to go through the magnetometer. THEN you
> are escorted to the "private" examining area. That is about a 5 by 5
> foot area "walled" off with what looks like a shower curtain. You are
> instructed to drop your knickers so "they" can inspect your scar. "They"
> run their hand scanner up and down your leg and across your butt to
> confirm that the offending metal is, in fact, in your hip and that you
> are not hiding a nuclear weapon or box cutter there where the sun
> doesn't shine. Finally, you are instructed to put yourself back together
> and bypass the magnetometer to board your flight. Sheesh! Been there,
> done that. Don't think I'll be flying any more, ever.
>
> Ed
>
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